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This is a list of wars involving the Kingdom of Thailand, its predecessor states, and by Siamese people, from antiquity to the present day. It also includes wars fought outside Thailand by the Thai military.
Conflict | Combatant 1 | Combatant 2 | Results |
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Sukhothai-Champa War (1313) [1] Location: Champa | Sukhothai Kingdom | Kingdom of Champa | Champa defensive victory |
Conflict | Combatant 1 | Combatant 2 | Results |
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Ayutthaya–Lan Na War (1441–1474) [2] Location: Northern Ayutthaya, Southern Lan Na [3] [ full citation needed ] | Ayutthaya Kingdom [4] [ full citation needed ] | Kingdom of Lanna [4] [5] | Stalemate [5] |
Burmese–Siamese War (1547–1549) Location: Upper Tenessarim coast, western and central Siam | Ayutthaya Kingdom | Toungoo dynasty | Siamese defensive victory
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Burmese–Siamese War (1563–1564) Location: Ayutthaya, Phitsanulok, Sukhothai | Ayutthaya Kingdom | Toungoo dynasty Vassal Lan Na Vassal Sukhothai | Burmese victory
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Burmese–Siamese War (1568–1569) Location: Ayutthaya, Phitsanulok, Kamphaeng Phet and Lan Xang | Ayutthaya Kingdom Kingdom of Lan Xang | Toungoo dynasty Vassal Sukhothai | Burmese victory
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Burmese–Siamese War (1584–1593) Location: Ayutthaya Kingdom and lower Tanintharyi Region | Ayutthaya Kingdom | Toungoo dynasty | Siamese victory
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Siamese–Cambodian War (1591–1594) Location: Cambodia | Ayutthaya Kingdom | Cambodia Kingdom | Siamese victory
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Burmese–Siamese War (1593–1600) Location: Southern and Central Myanmar | Ayutthaya Kingdom | Toungoo dynasty | Siamese victory
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Burmese–Siamese War (1609–1622) Location: Upper Tenasserim coast | Ayutthaya Kingdom | Toungoo dynasty | Burmese victory
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Spanish-Siam War | Ayutthaya Kingdom | Iberian Union | Siamese victory
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Burmese–Siamese War (1662–1664) Location: Northern Siam and Tenasserim coast | Ayutthaya Kingdom | Toungoo dynasty | Inconclusive
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Burmese–Siamese War (1675–1676) Location: Tenasserim coast | Ayutthaya Kingdom | Toungoo dynasty | Military stalemate
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Anglo-Siamese War (1687–1688) Location: Mergui and Coromandel coast | Ayutthaya Kingdom | England East India Company | Inconclusive
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Siege of Bangkok (June 1688 - November 13, 1688) | Ayutthaya Kingdom Supported by: : Dutch East India Company | Kingdom of France French East India Company | Decisive Siamese victory
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Burmese–Siamese War (1700–1701) Location: Ayutthaya Kingdom | Ayutthaya Kingdom | Toungoo dynasty | Siamese defensive victory
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Siamese–Vietnamese War (1717) [9] [10] Location: Cambodia | Ayutthaya Kingdom | Nguyễn lords | Siamese victory
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Burmese–Siamese War (1759–1760) Location: Tenasserim, Siam | Ayutthaya Kingdom | Konbaung dynasty | Inconclusive |
Burmese–Siamese War (1765–1767) Location: Tenasserim coast, Gulf of Siam coast, Suphanburi, Ayutthaya | Ayutthaya Kingdom | Konbaung dynasty | Burmese victory
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Conflict | Combatant 1 | Combatant 2 | Results | Notable battles |
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Thonburi reunification of Siam (1767–1771) [11] [12] Location: Siam | State of Thonburi (Thonburi Kingdom) | State of Phimai State of Phitsanulok State of Sawangburi State of Nakhon Si Thammarat Principality of Banteay Mas Konbaung dynasty (Burma) | Thonburi victory
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Siamese–Vietnamese War (1771–1773) [13] [14] Location: Cambodia, Southern Vietnam | Thonburi Kingdom | Nguyễn Lords Cambodia Kingdom Hà Tiên polity | Siamese victory | |
Burmese–Siamese War (1775–1776) | Thonburi Kingdom | Konbaung dynasty | Siamese victory
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Lao–Siamese War (1778–1779) Location: Khorat Plateau | Thonburi Kingdom Kingdom of Luang Phrabang Cambodia Kingdom | Kingdom of Vientiane Kingdom of Champasak | Siamese victory
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Conflict | Combatant 1 | Combatant 2 | Results | Notable battles |
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Boworadet Rebellion (1933) Location: Central Thailand, Nakhon Ratchasima, Lak Si and Ratchaburi | Thailand People's Party | Rebel faction led by Prince Boworadet | People's Party Victory
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Franco-Thai War (1940-1941) Location: French Indochina | Thailand | Vichy France | Thai victory [19]
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Japanese invasion of Thailand (1941) Location:Thailand | Thailand | Japan | Ceasefire Thai alliance with Japan
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World War II (1941-1945) Location: Southeast Asia | Axis Powers: | Allied Powers:
| Allied victory
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Malayan Emergency (1948-1960) Location: Malay Peninsula, Southeast Asia ( Dusun Nyor Rebellion 1948 ) | Commonwealth forces: United Kingdom
Australia | Communist forces: Malayan Communist Party Supported by: | Thailand-allied victory | |
Korean War (1950-1953) Location: Korean Peninsula, Yellow Sea, Sea of Japan, Korea Strait, China–North Korea border | South Korea | Medical support | Military stalemate
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Vietnam War (1955-1975) Location: South Vietnam, North Vietnam, Cambodia, Laos, South China Sea, Gulf of Thailand |
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Supported by: | North Vietnamese and National Liberation Front victory
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Laotian Civil War (1959-1975) Location: Kingdom of Laos | Kingdom of Laos Forces Armées Neutralistes (from 1962) United States South Vietnam Thailand Supported by: | Pathet Lao Forces Armées Neutralistes (1960–1962) Patriotic Neutralists (from 1963) North Vietnam Supported by: | Pathet Lao and North Vietnamese victory
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Communist insurgency in Thailand (1965–1983) Location: Thailand (primarily East Thailand) | Thailand Supported by: Taiwan (until July 1981) | Communist Party of Thailand Pathet Lao [ citation needed ] Supported By: Khmer Rouge (until 1982)[ citation needed ] | Thai government victory
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Cambodian Civil War (1968-1975) Location: Cambodia | Cambodia (1967–1970) Khmer Republic (1970–1975) United States South Vietnam | GRUNK (1970–1975)
Other support: | Khmer Rouge victory
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Communist insurgency in Malaysia (1968-1989) Location: Malaysian Peninsular and Sarawak | Anti-communist forces: Malaysia [43] Thailand [44] [45] Supported by: | Communist forces: Communist Party of Thailand (until 1983) | Peace agreement reached
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Third Indochina War (1975-1991) | China Democratic Kampuchea Lao royalists | Vietnam Laos People's Republic of Kampuchea Communist Party of Thailand
Supported by: | Vietnam-allied victory
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Vietnamese border raids in Thailand (1979–1989) Location: Thai–Cambodian border, Gulf of Thailand | Thailand CGDK [53] Supported by: | Vietnam People's Republic of Kampuchea (1979–89) State of Cambodia (1989) Supported by: Soviet Union Poland [54] Czechoslovakia [55] East Germany [56] | Vietnamese withdrew
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Thai–Laotian Border War (1987-1988) Location: Chat Trakan District, Phitsanulok Province, Thailand | Thailand | Laos Vietnam | Peace talks in Bangkok
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1999 East Timorese crisis (1999-2002) Location: East Timor | East Timor International Force:
| Insurgents: | Conflict ended
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Iraq War (2003–2004) Location: Iraq | Invasion phase (2003) United States United Kingdom Australia Poland Peshmerga INC Supported by: Denmark [58] Netherlands [59] Italy [60] Spain [61] Post-invasion (2003–11) Iraq
| Invasion phase (2003) Iraq Ansar al-Islam [lower-alpha 3] [64] Post-invasion (2003–11) Ba'ath loyalists Supported by: | Thailand-allied victory
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South Thailand insurgency (2004–present) Location: Southern Thailand (Songkhla, Pattani, Yala and Narathiwat) | Thailand Support: | BRN RKK GMIP BIPP PULO Jemaah Islamiyah [87]
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Cambodian–Thai border dispute (2008–2011) Location: Thai–Cambodian border | Thailand | Cambodia | Conflict ended
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